Bowl
ca. 1475 (made)
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Bowl, shallow, tin-glazed earthenware. With convex middle and sides turning outwards near the rim, which is divided by notches into ten lobes. Painted in blackish blue, orange, manganese purple and copper green. In the middle, a bust portrait to left of a young man wearing a cap, in a medallion. The sides are divided into ten radial panels, filled alternately with peacock-feather ornament, and a wavy stem bearing three six-petalled flowers. On the under side, concentric wide and narrow rings in dark blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Bowl, made in Faenza or Pesaro, about 1475, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Bowl, shallow, tin-glazed earthenware. With convex middle and sides turning outwards near the rim, which is divided by notches into ten lobes. Painted in blackish blue, orange, manganese purple and copper green. In the middle, a bust portrait to left of a young man wearing a cap, in a medallion. The sides are divided into ten radial panels, filled alternately with peacock-feather ornament, and a wavy stem bearing three six-petalled flowers. On the under side, concentric wide and narrow rings in dark blue. |
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| Gallery label | Bowl
Made in Faenza or Pesaro, Italy about 1475
Tin-glazed earthenware
C.2061-1910 Salting Bequest(16/07/2008) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq. |
| Production | See Rackham, Bernard: Italian Maiolica, Pl.25C (London:Faber&Faber, 1952) |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
| Other number | 109 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | C.2061-1910 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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